1839-1869 Platte County, Missouri, Circuit Court Docket
Archive Items Details
Description
Parties come to trial in Court and defendant Nancy Kay withdraws her plea. Jury rules that the "…value of the Negro woman named in the declaration to be $320.00 and further find the value of the Negro child named in the declaration to be $210.00." Plaintiff to "recover said slaves detained as aforesaid or the sum of $320.00, the value of the said Negro woman Malinda assessed by the jury aforesaid, and that he also recover of the Defendant the said Negro girl named Betsy or the sum of $210.00, the value thereof assessed by said jury in case said Negro slaves be not restored."
Date(s) of Creation
4/15/1846
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Betsy
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Elijah F. Hampton by his next friend George W.P. Keller
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Number Type
Source Citation
Other Number
Circuit Court Docket Vol. B 1843-1846: Cir.B.400-401
